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Photo #: NH 104704 Lighter Rin Tin Tin (1918-1932) Alongside USS Connecticut (Battleship # 18), transferring U.S. troops to be transported home from France, 1919. Note the motor launch on Connecticut's deck. Donation of Dr. Mark Kulikowski, 2007. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph. Online Image: 76KB; 740 x 460 pixels
Photo #: NH 105978 USS Connecticut (Battleship # 18) Troops of the U.S. Army's 136th Field Artillery, 37th Division, on the ferry lighter Rin Tin Tin in Brest harbor, France, ready to board Connecticut for passage to the United States, 11 March 1919. Donation of Charles R. Haberlein Jr., 2008. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph. Online Image: 75KB; 740 x 455 pixels
Photo #: NH 106020 Ferry Lighter RinTinTin Comes alongside USS Connecticut (Battleship # 18) in Brest harbor, France, 11 March 1919. She is delivering troops of the 136th Field Artillery, 37th Division, for transportation home to the United States. Another U.S. Navy battleship, also employed as a troop transport, is faintly visible in the center distance. The original photograph is printed on post card ("AZO") stock. Donation of Dr. Mark Kulikowski, 2008. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph. Online Image: 94KB; 740 x 455 pixels
Photo #: NH 105979 USS Connecticut (Battleship # 18) Troops of the U.S. Army's 136th Field Artillery, 37th Division, on the ferry lighter Rin Tin Tin in Brest harbor, France, ready to board Connecticut for passage to the United States, 11 March 1919. Donation of Charles R. Haberlein Jr., 2008. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph. Online Image: 87KB; 740 x 470 pixels
Photo #: NH 105980 USS Connecticut (Battleship # 18) Troops of the U.S. Army's 136th Field Artillery, 37th Division, boarding the ship from the ferry lighter Rin Tin Tin, in Brest harbor, France, for passage to the United States, 11 March 1919. Note the round 37th Division patch on the left shoulders of these men's uniforms. Donation of Charles R. Haberlein Jr., 2008. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph. Online Image: 113KB; 740 x 470 pixels
Photo #: NH 105981 USS Connecticut (Battleship # 18) Troops of the U.S. Army's 136th Field Artillery, 37th Division, on the ferry lighter Rin Tin Tin in Brest harbor, France, preparing to board Connecticut for passage to the United States, 11 March 1919. Donation of Charles R. Haberlein Jr., 2008. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph. Online Image: 102KB; 740 x 460 pixels
Photo #: NH 105816 Lighter Rin Tin Tin Coming alongside USS Mount Vernon (ID # 4508) to transfer troops for passage home to the United States, in Brest Harbor, France, circa May 1919. USS Imperator (ID # 4080) is in the background. Donation of Charles R. Haberlein Jr., 2008. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph. Online Image: 84KB; 740 x 535 pixels
Photo #: NH 103640 USS Susquehanna (ID # 3016) In a French port, embarking troops of the U.S. Army's 319th Engineers for their passage home, 15 August 1919. The Lighter Rin Tin Tin is alongside, transferring the Soldiers to the ship. Donation of Dr. Mark Kulikowski, 2006. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph. Online Image: 94KB; 740 x 455 pixels
Photo #: NH 103641 Lighter Rin Tin Tin Alongside a transport in a French port, circa mid-1919, transferring U.S. troops for passage home. Donation of Dr. Mark Kulikowski, 2006. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph. Online Image: 101KB; 740 x 480 pixels

The following photographs show a ferry lighter that is either Rin Tin Tin or the nearly identical Nenette:

Photo #: NH 105417 USS Georgia (Battleship # 15)) Troops of the 32nd (Division ?) coming on board the ship at Brest, France, for passage home to the United States, 1919. They are disembarking from a steam lighter, which is either Nenette or Rin Tin Tin. The original image is printed on postcard ("AZO") stock. Donation of Dr. Mark Kulikowski, 2007. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph. Online Image: 102KB; 740 x 460 pixels

Photo #: NH 104816 U.S. Troops On board a ferry lighter, awaiting transfer to a transport for passage home to the United States in 1919. Probably photographed at at Brest, France. The lighter, seen from on board the transport, appears to be either Rin Tin Tin or Nenette. Another smaller ship, equipped with a crane boom, is outboard of the lighter. The original photograph was printed on post card ("AZO") stock. Donation of Dr. Mark Kulikowski, 2007. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph. Online Image: 92KB; 740 x 460 pixels

The stern of Rin Tin Tin is visible in the lower right of the following photograph of other ships:

Photo #: NH 105072 White Star Line ferry lighters Nomadic (inboard) and Traffic (outboard) Transferring troops to USS Imperator (ID # 4080) at Brest, France, for passage home to the United States, 10 June 1919. The stern of the U.S. Navy personnel lighter Rin Tin Tin is in the right foreground. The small ship in the middle distance is the personnel lighter Amackassin. Faintly visible in the center distance is a U.S. Navy cruiser, either USS Saint Louis (Cruiser # 20) or USS Charleston (Cruiser # 22). The original photograph was printed on post card ("AZO") stock. Donation of Charles R. Haberlein Jr., 2007. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph. Online Image: 75KB; 450 x 765 pixels

For other views concerning this vessel, see:

Lighter Rin Tin Tin (1918-1932). Later renamed Freight Lighter # 160, Water Barge # 30 and YW-30.

NOTES:

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Page made 13 September 2006
Minor caption error corrected 27 December 2010